Schuyler Mine

Past Producer in Bergen county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089905
MRDS ID W044260
Record type Site
Current site name Schuyler Mine
Alternate or previous names Arlington, Belleville, Victoria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.12874, 40.77861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orange(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Bergen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Chalcocite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Brunswick
    Rock description Brunswick
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.12874, 40.77861

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1712
Discoverer Arent Schuyler
Year of first production 1715
Year of last production 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arlington Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arlington Copper Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 105.77M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1907, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW JERSEY TRIASSIC, ECON. GEO., VOL II, NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.